About the Role
Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more. Opticore IT are currently searching for a Network Security Engineer to focus on executing project deliverables associated to the below workstreams. You'll join our excelling team, based in the London area for an initial 12-month contract inside IR35. This role requires one day onsite in White City per week. This opportunity will work alongside a project manager and architect to implement approved designs across the cloud network for an enterprise level broadcast media organisation.
Responsibilities
•Opengear: Remotely access, diagnose, and restore network devices when the main network is down; maintain the out-of-band path itself.
•Palo Alto: Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot firewalls, including policy and NAT changes.
•Proxmox: Build and maintain virtual infrastructure for testing and disaster recovery.
•Disaster Recovery: Follow the client's existing DRS during recovery work and DR testing; document actions taken.
•General security: Provide broad day-to-day support across the network security estate, escalating deeper specialist issues as needed.
•Zscaler: Understand how ZPA/ZIA fit into the network, triage basic issues (blocked sites, auth failures, outages). Basic training will be provided; deep Zscaler experience is not required or expected.
Requirements
•Out-of-band management (Opengear) for remote device recovery
•Palo Alto Firewalls
•Proxmox/Linux Hypervisor
•Disaster Recovery Standard awareness/process discipline
•Zscaler (ZPA/ZIA/ZDX)
•BGP
•Terraform/Infrastructure-as-code
Conditions
•Initial 12-month contract inside IR35
•One day onsite in White City per week required
